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Patricia Fara
Patricia Fara lectures in the history of science at Cambridge University. She is an Emeritus Fellow of Clare College
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The strange reason why the tax year ends on 5th April
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Debugging the mythology: was Ada Lovelace really the first computer programmer?
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The forgotten wonder of the scientific caricature
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The surprisingly exciting story of the woman who studied slime moulds
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When Isaac Newton was Master of the Royal Mint
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By Hooke or by crook
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Last of the magicians
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